Arhaconortus Belokobylskij, 2000

Oanh, Nguyen Thi, Long, Khuat Dang, Hiep, Nguyen Duc & Nghiep, Hoang Thi, 2023, Review of the genus Arhaconortus Belokobylskij, 2000 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae), with description of three new species from Vietnam, Zootaxa 5380 (5), pp. 475-486 : 476-477

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scientific name	Arhaconortus Belokobylskij, 2000
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Type species: Arhaconotus papuanus Belokobylskij, 2000 ( Belokobylskij, 2000: 345, figs; Belokobylskij & Maéto 2009: 59).

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Australasian and Oriental.

Checklist and distribution of Arhaconotus species

Arhaconotus belokobylskiji sp. nov.. Oriental: Vietnam

Arhaconotus hainanensis Tang & Chen, 2010 . Oriental: China, Vietnam

Arhaconotus hoabinhicus sp. nov.. Oriental: Vietnam

Arhaconotus ishigakensis Belokobylskij, 2001 . Oriental: Japan

Arhaconotus longicaudatus sp. nov.. Oriental: Vietnam

Arhaconotus papuannus Belokobylskij, 2000 . Australasian: Papua New Guinea

Arhaconotus vietnamicus Belokobylskij, 2001 . Oriental: Vietnam

Taxonomy

Key to Arhaconotus species from Australasian and Oriental regions (based on females)

1. Medio-posterior margin of sixth metasomal tergites without emargination ( Figs 2H View FIGURE 2 , 3B View FIGURE 3 , 4H View FIGURE 4 ; see Fig. 11 in Belokobylskij, 2000) 2

- Medio-posterior margin of sixth metasomal tergites more or less with emargination [ Fig. 6H View FIGURE 6 ; see Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 in Tang et al. (2010), Figs 224 and 236 in Belokobylskij (2001) and Fig. 136 in Belokobylskij & Maéto 2009]............................. 4

2. Vertex and mesossutum mostly smooth; subdiscal cell of fore wing roundly closed before vein m-cu [see Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 in Belokobylskij (2000)]. Papua New Guinea.............................................. Arhaconotus papuanus Belokobylskij

- Vertex and mesossutum granulate; subdiscal cell of fore wing near rectangularly closed at level or slightly behind vein m-cu [ Figs 2I View FIGURE 2 , 4K View FIGURE 4 ; see Fig. 222 in Belokobylskij (2000), Fig. 13E in Belokobylskij & Maéto (2009)]....................... 3

3. In lateral view, maxillary palp 1.3 × length of head; subdiscal cell of fore wing closed behind vein m-cu ( Fig. 4K View FIGURE 4 ); second subbmarginal cell of fore wing broad, basal length 3.0 × its maximum width; fifth tergite striate in basal two third; sixth metasomal tergite rugo-punctate basally, semi-circurlarly striate apically ( Fig. 4H View FIGURE 4 ). Vietnam.. A. hoabinhicus Long , sp. nov.

- In lateral view, maxillary palp as long as length of head; subdiscal cell of fore wing closed at level of vein m-cu ( Fig. 2I View FIGURE 2 ); second subbmarginal cell of fore wing slender, basal length 3.3 × its maximum width; fifth tergite finely punctate basally, almost smooth apically sixth tergite largely smooth apically ( Fig. 2H View FIGURE 2 ). Vietnam................. A. belokobylskiji Long , sp. nov.

4. Medio-postrerior margin of sixth metasomal tergite with a shallow wide emargination [see Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 in Tang et al. (2010)]; occipital carina not joined bellow with hypostomal carina upper base of mandible ( Fig. 7A View FIGURE 7 ). China, Vietnam.......................................................................................... A. hainanensis Tang & Chen

- Medio-postrerior margin of sixth metasomal tergite with a rather deep narrow emargination [ Fig.6H View FIGURE 6 , and see Figs 224, 236 in Belokobylskij (2001)]; occipital carina joined bellow with hypostomal carina upper base of mandible ( Fig. 6 C View FIGURE 6 )......... 5

5. Propodeum with marginate areola posteriorly ( Fig. 6F View FIGURE 6 ); ovipositor sheath long, length of ovipositor sheath subequal or equal to fore wing; sixth metasomal tergite with median transverse carina-like rugosity, densely punctulate on basal half, semicircularly striate on apical half ( Fig. 6H View FIGURE 6 ). Vietnam.......................................... A. longicaudatus Long , sp. nov.

- Propodeum without marginate areola posteriorly ( Fig. 7B View FIGURE 7 ); ovipositor sheath shorter, length of ovipositor sheath 0.6–0.85 × as long as fore wing; sixth metasomal tergite rugulose-punctate basally, without median transverse carina-like rugosity [see Figs 224, 236 in Belokobylskij (2001)]........................................................................ 7

6. Sixth metasomal tergite coarsely semi-circularly striate [see Fig. 236 in Belokobylskij (2001)]; hind femur rather robust, its length 3.0–3.2 × as long as maximum width [see Fig. 234 in Belokobylskij (2001)]. Vietnam... A. vietnamicus Belokobylskij

- Sixth metasomal tergite rugulose-punctulate in basal half, and almost smooth in apical half apically [see Figs 224, 225 in Belokobylskij (2001)]; hind femur slender, its length 3.8 × as long as maximum width [see Fig. 221 in Belokobylskij (2001)]. Japan....................................................................... A. ishigakiensis Belokobylskij